This study was to examine empirically the relationship between the increase of female teachers
and sex-role socialization of students. A questionnaire of sex-role development was developed in the
former part of this study. Then, the data was collected...
This study was to examine empirically the relationship between the increase of female teachers
and sex-role socialization of students. A questionnaire of sex-role development was developed in the
former part of this study. Then, the data was collected from 2,447 6th-grade students in 40
elementary schools. The meaningful findings were: First, adults and parents at home were more
influential for the socialization of sex-role of girls and boys than teachers were. Second, students' sex
itself was the strongest factor for the formation of sex-role tendency. People expected femininity for
girl students and masculinity for boy students. Third, the region effect was significant, that was,
expect of femininity for girl students was eminent in small towns than in middle or large cities.
Lastly, the number of female home-room teachers at elementary schools was not related with the
sex-role socialization of students. It was concluded that the wide-spread belief on the relationship
between the increase of female teachers and sex-role socialization of elementary students was not
supported by this study.